CN108771473B - A tea making machine based on the Internet of Things and its control method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a tea brewing machine based on the Internet of Things and a control method thereof, including a body, a body module, a transport module, a gravity detection module and a control center. The body module includes a brewing cup, and the brewing cup includes a There are more than one cup bottom wall of the cup flow hole, and a cup surrounding wall extending upward from the periphery of the cup bottom wall; the cup flow hole of the cup bottom wall also includes a baffle plate that can move up and down; the bottom of the cup bottom wall has several rows Water cups, the bottom of each cup has a corresponding first position mark; the transport module includes a first transport track and a second transport track; the water cups are arranged on the first transport track, and a second transport track is arranged on the first transport track a position marker; the gravity detection module includes a first gravity detection unit, a second gravity detection unit, and a third gravity detection unit; the control center is used to control the sending and receiving of information between the various mechanisms of the body.

Description

A tea making machine based on the Internet of Things and its control method

technical field

The invention relates to the field of smart home and the Internet of Things, in particular to a tea making machine based on the Internet of Things and a control method thereof;

Background technique

China's tea culture has a long history and is deeply loved by Chinese people. With the spread of Chinese tea culture, it has also been loved by many foreign friends.

With the development of modern life and the acceleration of people's life rhythm, the traditional way of tea making or tea making process is less and less suitable for the way of life of modern people. For this reason, automatic tea making machines have also appeared. The automatic tea maker has the following defects:

When the main brewer is busy, or is outside, the tea cannot be brewed in time, and it is necessary to intelligently control the tea maker at home to automatically brew the tea and wait for the main brewer and the guests.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Purpose of the invention: The present invention provides a tea maker that can be remotely controlled and a control method thereof.

Technical scheme: the present invention is realized through the following technical scheme:

A tea maker based on the Internet of Things, comprising a body, a body module, a transport module, a gravity detection module and a control center, the body module comprising a brewing cup, the brewing cup comprising one or more cups The cup bottom wall of the flow hole, and a cup surrounding wall extending upward from the periphery of the cup bottom wall; the cup flow hole of the cup bottom wall also includes a baffle plate that can move up and down; the bottom of the cup bottom wall has several Draining cups, the bottom of each cup has a corresponding first position mark; the transport module includes a first transport track and a second transport track, and the width of the first transport track and the second transport track is greater than or equal to the width of the bottom of the water cup; the water cups are arranged in a first transport track, and the first transport track is provided with a second position mark; the gravity detection module includes a first gravity detection unit, a second position mark Two gravity detection units, and a third gravity detection unit, the first gravity detection unit includes a first gravity detector for detecting the state of the first transport track of the water cup; the second gravity detection unit includes a The second gravity detector is used to detect the state of the second transport track of the water cup, and the third gravity detection unit includes a third gravity detector to detect the state of the tea in the water cup; the control center uses To control the sending and receiving of information between the various institutions of the body.

As a preferred solution of the present invention, it includes a drive module, the drive module includes a shutter drive unit, a brewing drive unit and a track drive unit, the shutter drive unit is used to drive the shutter to move, and the brewing drive The unit is used to control the brewing cup; the rail drive unit is used to drive the first transport rail, the second transport rail and the third transport rail.

As a preferred solution of the present invention, an acquisition module is further included, and the acquisition module includes an acquisition interface for acquiring a user request instruction, where the request instruction includes the number of tea drinkers and the tea time.

As a preferred solution of the present invention, the top of the brewing cup is provided with a tea inlet and a water inlet, and a third track is arranged inside the tea inlet;

As a preferred solution of the present invention, the body module includes a waste collection bin, the waste collection bin is installed on one side of the edge of the main body, and is connected with the brewing cup through a cup flow hole;

As a preferred solution of the present invention, the first transport track is movably connected with the second transport track, and a distance sensor is installed on the inner side of the connection between the first transport track and the second transport track.

As a preferred solution of the present invention, a third position mark is provided on the second transport track, and a transport wheel is provided at the bottom of the second transport track.

As a kind of preferred version of the present invention, a kind of control method of internet-based tea making machine, is characterized in that, comprises the following steps:

S1. The control center accepts user request instructions;

S2. The control center sends a drive instruction to the third transport track according to the user's request instruction, drives the third transport track to work, and pours the tea leaves into the brewing cup through the tea inlet;

S3. Detect the weight of the tea leaves, and the control center sends drive information to the brewing drive unit to control the brewing cup to wash or brew tea;

S4. After the control center confirms that the tea washing is over, the control center sends a drive command to the shutter drive unit, drives the shutter to move, opens the cup flow hole, and removes waste water;

S5. After the control center confirms that the brewing is over, the control center sends a drive command to the shutter drive unit, controls the shutter movement, opens the cup flow hole, and controls the tea soup to be poured into the water cup.

As a preferred solution of the present invention, in the step S5, the following steps are included:

S51. Obtain the number of people drinking tea from the user request instruction;

S52, the control center confirms the number of water cups on the first transport track according to the number of people who drink tea, and selects the water cups;

S53, the control center sends a drive command to the track drive unit, drives the first transport track, carries the water cup with the marked position to the bottom of the water outlet, and determines whether the position matches;

S54, the control center drives the shutter to move, opens the water outlet, and determines the water outlet time. After the water outlet time is reached, the control center drives the shutter to move to close the water outlet;

S55, moving the water cup that has been filled with water to the corresponding position of the second transport track;

S56, transport the next water cup to the bottom of the water outlet, determine the position and adjust it to match;

S57, determine whether the number of the water cups that have been filled with water is the same as the number of people obtained, if the same, execute step S58, if not, return to step S54;

S58, end the water outlet work, and separate the tea soup and the tea leaves.

As a preferred solution of the present invention, the implementation of step S55 includes the following steps:

S6, determine whether the connection distance between the second transport track and the first track is a preset value, if so, go to step 61, if not, go to step S62;

S61. Move the water cup to the second transport track;

S62, move the second transport track to a designated position.

The present invention achieves the following beneficial effects:

1. When the main brewer is busy or not at home, the tea can be brewed by remote control;

2. According to the requested information, a suitable amount of tea soup can be brewed without waste;

3. Through the location mark, it can be intelligently identified and the tea soup can be sent to the tea table;

4. The design of the waste water silo can remove waste water.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the disclosure, and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a tea maker according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic front view of a track connection according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for controlling a tea making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a water holding process involved in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a rail connection involved in an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of the embodiments.

Example 1:

According to Figure 1-2:

A tea making machine based on the Internet of Things, comprising a body, a body module, a transport module, a gravity detection module and a control center;

The body module includes a brewing cup 10, the brewing cup 10 is used for brewing tea, the brewing cup 10 includes a cup bottom wall 11 with one or more cup flow holes 12, and a cup from the cup The cup surrounding wall 13 extending upward from the bottom wall 11; the cup bottom wall 11 is used to support and guide the liquid into the water cup 21, and the cup flow hole 12 is used to guide the flow; the cup surrounding wall 13 is used for The bottom wall 11 of the cup is fixed, and the surrounding wall 13 of the cup is fixedly connected to the inner side of the brewing cup 10;

The cup flow hole 12 of the cup bottom wall 11 also includes a blocking piece 14 that can move up and down; the blocking piece 14 is mainly used to seal or open the cup flow hole 12. The cup bottom wall 11 moves between the closed position where the cup bottom wall 11 closes the cup flow hole 12 and a conducting position which is far away from the cup bottom wall 11 and does not close the cup flow hole 12; when the blocking piece 14 is in the conducting position, The tea liquid in the upper cup can flow down through the cup flow hole 12 .

There are several rows of water cups 21 at the bottom of the cup bottom wall 11. As an embodiment of the present invention, the cup bottom wall 11 has two rows of water cups 21. Correspondingly, the cup bottom wall 11 has two cup flow holes 12; The bottom of each water cup 21 has a corresponding first position mark 22; the interval between the water cups 21 in each row is equal to the interval between the bottoms of the cup flow holes 12, preferably, it can be a row of water cups 21, corresponding to only A cup flow hole 12 .

The transport module includes a first transport track 23 and a second transport track 30, the widths of the first transport track 23 and the second transport track 30 are greater than or equal to the width of the bottom of the water cup 21; The track position of a transport track 23 is at the bottom of the tea making machine, and is used to transport the water cup 21 to a designated position, and pour the tea soup into the water cup 21 .

The water cups 21 are arranged on the first transport track 23, and the first transport track 23 is provided with a second position mark 24;

Specifically, the overlapping part of the first position mark 22 and the second position mark 24 is sensed through gravity detection, the overlapping part is transported to the bottom of the opposite cup flow hole 12, and the tea soup is poured into the water cup 21; after the tea soup is poured , all the water cups 21 are on the first transport track 23 .

The gravity detection module includes a first gravity detection unit 25, a second gravity detection unit 31, and a third gravity detection unit 26. The first gravity detection unit 25 includes a first gravity detector. The detection unit 25 is installed on the first transport track 23 to detect the state of the water cup 21 on the first transport track 23; specifically, the position on the first transport track 23 is detected; the second gravity detection unit 31 Including a second gravity detector, the second gravity detection unit 31 is installed on the second transport track 30 to detect the state of the water cup 21 on the second transport track 30; the specific detection is on the second transport track 30; the third gravity detection unit 26 includes a third gravity detector installed at the bottom of the brewing cup 10 to detect the state of water and tea in the water cup; the control center is used to control the body Send and receive information between agencies.

Preferably, it includes a drive module, the drive module includes a shutter drive unit, a brewing drive unit and a track drive unit, the shutter drive unit is used to drive the shutter to move, specifically, the shutter can be driven in a It moves between a closed position that is close to the cup bottom wall 11 and closes the cup flow hole 12 , and a conductive position that is far away from the cup bottom wall 11 and does not close the cup flow hole 12 .

The brewing drive unit is used to control the brewing cup 10; the track drive unit is used to drive the first transport track 23, the second transport track 30 and the third transport track 18; Drive on the first transport track 23, the position where the cup 21 and the first transport track 23 overlap to the bottom of the cup flow hole 12, the track driving unit is used to drive the second transport track 30 close to the first transport track 23 and The table edge moves within the track, and the track driving unit is used to drive the third transport track 18 to move the tea leaves through the movement of the track.

Preferably, an acquisition module is further included, and the acquisition module includes an acquisition interface for acquiring a user request instruction, where the request instruction includes the number of people drinking tea and the tea time.

Specifically, the user sends the request instruction through the user terminal like a tea maker.

Preferably, the top of the brewing cup 10 is provided with a tea inlet 17 and a water inlet 16, and a third rail is arranged inside the tea inlet 17; the tea leaves are poured into the brewing cup 10 through the transportation of the third rail; The water inlet 16 is used to pour boiling water;

Preferably, the body module includes a waste collection bin, the waste water collection bin is installed on one side of the edge of the body, and is connected to the brewing cup 10 through the cup flow hole 12; it is used to collect waste water from tea washing or tea utensils. .

Preferably, the first transport rail 23 is movably connected with the second transport rail 30 , and a distance sensor is installed on the inner side of the connection between the first transport rail 23 and the second transport rail 30 .

It can be known from the above embodiments that the role of the second transport track 30 is to transport the water cup 21 ; the distance sensor is used to measure and adjust the distance between the second transport track 30 and the first transport track 23 .

Preferably, the second transport track 30 is provided with a third position mark 32, and the bottom of the second transport track 30 is provided with transport wheels.

It can be seen from the above embodiment that after all the tea is poured, all the water cups 21 are on the first transport track 23, and the function of the first transport track 23 is to transfer the water cup 21 to the correct position to hold water , the function of the second transport track 30 is to transport the drinking cups 21 of different sizes to the table made by the guests. The third position mark 32 on the second transport track 30 has two functions: recording the position of the edge of the table from itself and recording the position of the water cup 21 on the second transport track 30 .

Embodiment 2:

According to Figure 3-5:

Preferably, a kind of control method of internet-based tea making machine, comprises the following steps:

S1. The control center accepts user request instructions;

The user request instruction includes the tea drinking time and the number of people drinking tea; the tea drinking time is the reserved tea drinking time, and the number of drinking cups 21 is determined by the number of people drinking tea.

S2. According to the user's request instruction, the control center sends a drive instruction to the third transport track at a specified time, drives the third transport track to work, and pours the tea leaves into the brewing cup 10 through the tea inlet 17;

S3. Detect the weight of the tea leaves, and the control center sends drive information to the brewing drive unit to control the brewing cup 10 to wash or brew tea;

In this step, the water inlet 16 flows into boiling water;

S4. After the control center confirms that the tea washing is finished, the control center sends a driving instruction to the driving unit of the shutter 14, and the shutter 14 is driven to move, and the cup flow hole 12 is opened to remove waste water;

S5. After the control center confirms that the brewing is completed, the control center sends a driving command to the drive unit of the shutter 14, controls the shutter 14 to move, opens the cup flow hole 12, and controls the tea soup to be poured into the water cup 21.

The specific implementation process is the same as that in the first embodiment.

Preferably, in the step S5, the following steps are included:

S51. Obtain the number of people drinking tea from the user request instruction;

S52, the control center confirms the number of the water cups 21 on the first transport track 23 according to the received number of people drinking tea, and selects the water cups 21;

S53, the control center sends a drive command to the track drive unit, drives the first transport track 23, carries the water cup 21 with the marked position to the bottom of the water outlet, and judges that the positions match;

S54, the control center drives the shutter 14 to move, opens the water outlet, and determines the water outlet time. After the water outlet time is reached, the control center drives the shutter 14 to move to close the water outlet;

S55, moving the water cup 21 that has been filled with water to the corresponding position of the second transport track 30;

In this step, the second gravity detection unit 31 detects whether it has been confirmed that the water cup 21 contains water.

S56, transport the next water cup 21 to the bottom of the water outlet, and determine and adjust the position to match;

S57, determine whether the number of the water cups 21 that have been filled with water is the same as the number of people obtained, if it is the same, execute step S58, if not, return to step S54;

S58, end the water outlet work, and separate the tea soup and the tea leaves.

Preferably, the implementation of step S55 includes the following steps:

S6, determine whether the connection distance between the second transport track 30 and the first track is a preset value, if so, go to step 61, if not, go to step S62;

S61, move the water cup to the second transport track 30;

S62, move the second transport track 30 to a designated position.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only to illustrate the technical concept and characteristics of the present invention, and the purpose thereof is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the content of the present invention and implement them accordingly, and cannot limit the protection scope of the present invention by this. All equivalent transformations or modifications made according to the spirit of the present invention should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. A tea making machine based on the Internet of Things, comprising a body, characterized in that, also comprising a body module, a transport module, a gravity detection module and a control center, the body module comprising a brewing cup, and the brewing cup comprises A cup bottom wall with one or more cup flow holes, and a cup surrounding wall extending upward from the periphery of the cup bottom wall; the cup flow hole of the cup bottom wall also includes a baffle plate that can move up and down; the There are several rows of water cups at the bottom of the bottom wall of the cup, and the bottom of each cup has a corresponding first position mark; the transport module includes a first transport track and a second transport track, the first transport track and the first transport track. The width of the second transport track is greater than or equal to the width of the bottom of the water cup; the water cups are arranged on the first transport track, and the first transport track is provided with a second position mark; the first position is sensed by gravity detection Mark the overlapped part of the second position marker, and transport the overlapped part to the bottom of the hole facing the cup flow; the gravity detection module includes a first gravity detection unit, a second gravity detection unit, and a third gravity detection unit , the first gravity detection unit includes a first gravity detector for detecting the state of the first transport track of the water cup; the second gravity detection unit includes a second gravity detector for detecting the The state of the second transport track, the third gravity detection unit includes a third gravity detector, which is used to detect the state of the tea in the water cup; the control center is used to control the sending and receiving of information between the various mechanisms of the body; The first transport track is movably connected with the second transport track, and a distance sensor is installed on the inner side of the connection between the first transport track and the second transport track; the distance sensor is used to measure and adjust the second transport track The distance from the first transport track; if it is determined that the connection distance between the second transport track and the first transport track is a preset value, the water cup is moved to the second transport track. 2. A tea maker based on the Internet of Things according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a driving module, and the driving module comprises a shutter driving unit, a brewing driving unit and a rail driving unit, and the blocking sheet The driving unit is used for driving the shutter to move, the brewing driving unit is used for controlling the brewing cup; the track driving unit is used for driving the first transport rail, the second transport rail and the third transport rail. 3. A kind of tea making machine based on Internet of Things according to claim 1, is characterized in that, also comprises acquisition module, described acquisition module comprises acquisition interface, is used for acquiring user request instruction, and described request instruction comprises drinking tea Number of people and tea time. 4. A tea making machine based on the Internet of Things according to claim 1, wherein the top of the brewing cup is provided with a tea inlet and a water inlet, and a third transport port is provided inside the tea inlet track. 5. A tea maker based on the Internet of Things according to claim 1, characterized in that, the body module comprises a waste collection bin, and the waste collection bin is installed on one side of the edge of the body, and is connected with the punch. The bubble cup is connected through the cup flow hole. 6 . The Internet of Things-based tea making machine according to claim 1 , wherein a third position mark is provided on the second transport track, and a transport wheel is provided at the bottom of the second transport track. 7 . 7. the control method of a kind of tea making machine based on Internet of Things according to any one of claim 1-6, is characterized in that, comprises the following steps: S1. The control center accepts user request instructions; S2. The control center sends a drive instruction to the third transport track according to the user's request instruction, drives the third transport track to work, and pours the tea leaves into the brewing cup through the tea inlet; S3. Detect the weight of the tea leaves, and the control center sends drive information to the brewing drive unit to control the brewing cup to wash or brew tea; S4. After the control center confirms that the tea washing is over, the control center sends a drive command to the shutter drive unit, drives the shutter to move, opens the cup flow hole, and removes waste water; S5. After the control center confirms that the brewing is over, the control center sends a drive command to the shutter drive unit, controls the shutter movement, opens the cup flow hole, and controls the tea soup to be poured into the water cup. 8. The control method of a tea making machine based on the Internet of Things according to claim 7, characterized in that, in the step S5, comprising the following steps: S51. Obtain the number of people drinking tea from the user request instruction; S52, the control center confirms the number of water cups on the first transport track according to the number of people who drink tea, and selects the water cups; S53, the control center sends a drive command to the track drive unit, drives the first transport track, carries the water cup with the marked position to the bottom of the water outlet, and determines whether the position matches; S54, the control center drives the shutter to move, opens the water outlet, and determines the water outlet time. After the water outlet time is reached, the control center drives the shutter to move to close the water outlet; S55, moving the water cup that has been filled with water to the corresponding position of the second transport track; S56, transport the next water cup to the bottom of the water outlet, determine the position and adjust the position to match; S57, determine whether the number of water cups that have been filled is the same as the number of people obtained, if the same, execute step S54, if not, return to step S56; S58, end the water outlet work, and separate the tea soup and the tea leaves. 9. The method for controlling a tea making machine based on the Internet of Things according to claim 8, wherein the implementation of the step S55 comprises the following steps: S6, determine whether the connection distance between the second transport track and the first transport track is a preset value, if so, go to step 61, if not, go to step S62; S61. Move the water cup to the second transport track; S62, move the second transport track to a designated position.

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